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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA W. LINCOLN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES J.

GEIER, OF SAME PLACE.

FLUID SOAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,400, dated March 9,1880.

Application filed December 11, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA W. LINCOLN, of Richmond, Wayne county,Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FluidSoap; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the composition and preparation of combined, the sameproportions to be observed for any larger quantity. When the mixture iscooled it should be drawn off into covered vessels to preventevaporation, when it is ready for use in quantities according todirection.

Having thus fully described my said improvement, What I claim as myinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fluid soap composed of one gallon of rain- Water, one pound ofconcentrated lye, two and one-half ounces of borax, one ounce of spiritsof ammonia, one half ounceof alum one ounce of coal-oil, two oupces' oftallow, melted, and one ounce of sal-soda, substantially as described.

ELISHA W. LINCOLN.

WVitnesses:

SAMUEL A. FORKNER, W. T. DENNIS.

